Filling the Shelves at Montacute

Reference Type Journal Article
Year of Publication
2002
Author
Author: Jo Moore
Journal
Library History
Volume
18
Issue
3
Pagination
153-56
Language
English
Region
Library Type
Chronological Period
Abstract

When Montacute House in Somerset was acquired by the National Trust, it lacked furniture, including books. This article tells how books from Brockhampton House in Herefordshire were employed to fill the shelves.

Annotation

The Montacute House is a late Elizabethan mansion in Somerset, England.  It was acquired by the British National Trust in 1929.  In addition to describing the transfer of books, the article discusses an 18th century catalogue of the Montacute library.

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